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Nvidia has shown off a new handheld gaming system alongside its next-generation Tegra 4 mobile processor. Titled Project Shield, the portable gaming device will play Android-based games as well as PC titles on Steam, by streaming gameplay footage over a Wi-Fi connection from a personal computer that renders the game...

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Education technology service Udemy has launched Teach2013, a new program that seeks to encourage and empower industry experts and leaders to step up and not only create their own courses, but teach them as well. Almost a reverse of Codecademy’s “Code Year” program from 2012, Teach2013 is focused not on...

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Case manufacturer Tactus has published a photo that is allegedly Apple’s new budget iPhone, a plastic-backed larger-screen iPhone that will reportedly retail for about $300. The phone is both taller and wider than Apple’s older iPhone 4, at 120mm high and 65mm wide, or 4.7″ high by 2.55″ wide. The...

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Matt Turck, one of the founders of Bloomberg Ventures, is joining FirstMark Capital as a managing partner where he will bring his entrepreneurial and operations experience to the high-profile and successful early stage, technology focused venture capital fund. FirstMark is one of the fast rising venture capital groups that has a...

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group named its new CEO to replace Jack Ma, choosing from within its ranks long-time company executive Jonathan Lu, who will start in his new role on May 10. Alibaba announced the appointment on Monday. Ma said in January he would step down from his...

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Thought Frostbite 3 was EA's only big next-gen games engine? Think again: the publisher just announced EA Sports Ignite at Xbox One's reveal event, a new game engine designed specifically for high-end sports titles. "EA Sports Ignite is designed specifically to help us blur the line between the real...

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A little over a year and a half ago, Mascoma, which is a startup with aims to make next-generation cellulosic ethanol, filed to go public in a potentially $100 million IPO. In an article entitled “Some red flags and numbers in Mascoma’s IPO filing,” back then I detailed why that...

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Reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone indicate this new handset is packed with functions, but there’s a key one missing: Actual phones for two U.S. carriers. On Wednesday, both Sprint and T-Mobile announced availability delays for Samsung’s new flagship phone, which was expected to arrive in stores before...

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It’s no secret that Nvidia’s next-generation mobile processor is code-named Wayne. But Chinese web site Chiphell says it has the specifications for the device, and the Tegra 4 could be very impressive if the leak proves to be true. The Tegra 4 will have 72 graphics cores and six...

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It may have taken two years and a new console generation, but Microsoft is finally making good on an old promise: Skype is coming to Xbox and Kinect. Microsoft has been planning to port the internet telephony service to its home console since it purchased Skype back in 2011,...

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From the first day the iPad Mini was announced, there's been one problem with the otherwise heralded device -- the screen resolution isn't great. Unlike the iPhone, or the bigger iPad, you can see pixels on the iPad Mini. (Pixels create the little jagged edges on text and pictures.) The...

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LinkedIn is in the process of recruiting a director of ad products, the company confirmed to Business Insider. "We look forward to hiring a top-notch candidate for this role. As we continue to invest in our Marketing Solutions business, we are looking to expand our talented product team to help...

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At E3 last year, Microsoft introduced Xbox SmartGlass — a second-screen companion app to the Xbox 360 for smartphones, tablets, and Windows 8 PCs that displays companion content for supported entertainment options like movies and games. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft has just announced that it's bringing that technology to the new...

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Come close, I have an iPhone secret i a walsh Breaking: Apple continues to work on new devices and software. That's the message that can be gleaned from two separate reports published by Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal Monday morning. Both publications cite people "familiar with the situation"...

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Nvidia's Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip for smartphones and tablets is getting a bit long in the tooth, but the company still hasn't officially announced when its successor, an SoC codenamed "Wayne," will be available in shipping products. We expect an official announcement soon—perhaps even at Nvidia's press conference at CES—but...

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Software-defined networking, a set of technologies to help networks better adapt to user needs with less manual effort, may at last be getting the common foundation it has needed for interoperability and efficient development. Most of the major vendors working on SDN have joined in on OpenDaylight, a project...

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A California Court found Samsung guilty of patent infringement in 2012. The copycat is now getting eerily paranoid about their future product designs. According to a new report published by Korea's Electronic Times this morning, Samsung Electronics, while in the process of developing a next-generation smartphone, has entered into a...

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We’re mere hours away from learning the name of the next Xbox console. Microsoft’s set up a big, scary tent and part of the GamesBeat team is outside waiting for access. We’ll be updating this page throughout the day with the latest news out of the event. GamesBeat’s live...

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Common wisdom would suggest that executives talk up their existing device lines to keep customers buying until the next generation is ready. Leave it to Google CFO Patrick Pichette to think outside the box, if not necessarily for the better. He told guests at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference...

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E-readers aren’t usually thought of as luxury gadgets, but Kobo is hoping to change that with a new model, the Aura HD, launched Monday. At $169, it’s more expensive than the competition, but the company says the Aura’s large, high-definition front-lit screen makes it a perfect device for “passionate book lovers”...

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GoldieBlox Inc. is a toy company founded by 29-year-old Stanford engineer Debbie Sterling that's in an enviable position at the moment. The company has already sold out for the first pre-order delivery of its signature toy, scheduled for February. It's currently taking orders and quickly selling out of toys for...

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Today, Intel has unveiled its next-generation Atom CPU core. Called Silvermont, this 22nm CPU will power the Merrifield (smartphone) and Bay Trail (tablet) SoCs. With the PC market waning, and investors flocking to competitors with proven mobile designs, Silvermont is a very, very big deal for Intel. Is a fast...

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Microsoft will show off its next-generation Xbox videogame console at its Redmond, Wash., campus on May 21, according to invitations sent to reporters today. The Verge previously reported that the new Xbox, code-named Durango, will interact with owners’ cable boxes. Microsoft’s Nancy Tellem and Yusuf Mehdi shared numbers about its...

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The savviest response so far to the news that Google will shut down Google Reader on July 1 comes from Digg. “We’ve been planning to build a reader in the second half of 2013, one that, like Digg, makes the Internet a more approachable and digestible place,” the revived reading...